My 10.2 mile ride in to work today was like something out of the Wizard of Oz. I take the Dr. P. Dudley White bike path along the Charles and at a certain moment the wind came whipping down the river with a pelting rain that made me seriously wonder if I were in the middle of a tornado. Saw two other cyclists pulled over and literally huddling against buildings as I whipped by pushed hard by the wind. Tree branches were flying down in front of me and that was scary.

On the road home it was a steady grind into powerful wind of about 30 mph. There was a big tree down across the bike path about a mile from my home.

Fierce. Glad I survived it. And in retrospect really kind of fun!